Category: era 3
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“Graduate Center Adds Life to a CUNY Institution”
On the acquisition of the old B. Altman department store as the Graduate Center’s new campus. The article goes through the history of the Graduate Center, and the institution’s scholarly prestige – specifically in the humanities. It also lists the famous professors who have worked there and their accomplishments. The output of the Graduate Center…
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“Get Your College Degree Tuition Free”
If you read the title of this article with hopeful eyes, you might think that CUNY was again offering free tuition. Instead, it is an advertisement for students to join the New York Army National Guard in order to pay their tuition.
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CUNY Ends Open Admissions: “286 PASS ‘SECOND CHANCE’ CUNY ENTRANCE EXAM”
The Post’s report on the policy that ended open admissions and remediation for CUNY students. Instead, students needed to take an entrance exam in order to qualify for placement in the senior colleges – one that they only had two chances to pass. The tone sems sympathetic towards the affected students. Read more.
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“DeVry Gives Career Training the Old College Try”
A new college in Queens called DeVry markets itself as providing “career-oriented liberal arts training.” A CUNY professor respond to this with worries that the students are not getting a proper liberal arts education, and that the schools cost more and do not provide students with enough resources. A student interviewed in the article came…
